Help please!!

[Jovi2014]

So I just did week 7 run 3 but felt good so ran for 30mins instead of 25!! Now I don’t know what to do next! Can I skip week 8 and go straight to week 9? What are your thought?

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Nope..don't skip the week..but move on slowly and steadily..Feeling good is great but injury can occur..move on gently through Week 8...😉

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Doing too much too soon is the commonest cause of injury for new runners, which is why training plans like C25K are gently progressive.

You can obviously do exactly what you want to, but what is your big hurry?

Follow the rest of the plan, graduate then you can think about moving onto your next training plan, but sticking to a plan, rather than jumping ahead, is far less likely to end in injury........which could stop you running for days, weeks or even months.

Please be patient and take care otherwise enthusiasm can soon dwindle once confined to the injury couch.

[jiggles7 Graduate]

I accidentally did a wrong run one week but I went back and completed the week rather than moving on. It’s great that you enjoyed it, but you may be getting a little head of your body which you are building with each of these runs. So my thought is get back on plan and remain injury free despite knowing you can do more, so you can carry on building and doing more.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Good job. Not only should you run week 8, you should try not to do any extras for a couple of runs and avoid asking too much of the legs, need to keep the injury risk down.